Tuesday, January 18, 2011

EVENTS - No Deposit, No Return Blues; The Whip!; Enter The Void; Jury Duty

SANDY BULL: NO DEPOSIT, NO RETURN BLUES - Friday, January 21 @ Burton Theatre
*** HOTT LAVA and Dark Matter proudly present KC Bull's documentary about psychedelic folk musician SANDY BULL. Dazed & Confused sez: “Bull’s legendary performances, blending elements of American folk with jazz, classical, Indian and Arabic-influenced modes, and later rock n’ roll, made him a cult hero to a generation of musicians and artists.” All attendees will receive a free DARK MATTER mix -- a 50 minute psychedelic tapestry weaved by "disc jocks" Aaron Lindell & Forest Juziuk. Perfect for the opium den or dune buggy!
Burton Theatre / 3420 Cass, Detroit, MI / 8PM / $5 / FBOOK: http://on.fb.me/fWYwpF

THE WHIP! - Friday, January 21 @ Painted Lady
*** PSYCH ROCK & SOUL! R&B STOMPERS & INSTRUMENTAL KLANG! BLUES BUMPS & GIRL GROUP BOUNCE! A brand new dance party from DJs Forest Juziuk (HOTT LAVA) & Richie Wohlfeil (CONTACT). Bruise the balls of your feets dancing, stomping & screaming at the Detroit-meets-Ann Arbor-meets-Detroit party THE WHIP!!
Painted Lady / 2930 Jacob St, Hamtramck, MI / 10PM / $5 / http://on.fb.me/hO3DDE

ENTER THE VOID - Saturday, January 22 @ State Theatre
*** HOTT LAVA proudly presents Gaspar Noé's ENTER THE VOID one time only!
Critics throughout the inter-webs can't seem to help themselves from using the words "psychedelic," "visceral," and "thrill ride" when describing VOID. Check out the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRNpSKsBKw8
State Theatre / 233 S. State, Ann Arbor, MI / midnight / $6 / FBOOK: http://on.fb.me/hbPOJA

JURY DUTY - Friday, January 28 @ Elks Lodge
*** Disc jocks FOREST J. (HOTT LAVA), GEOFF P. (Mystery Party), ROBERT W. (Ann Arbor Soul Club) and AARON LINDELL (Dark Matter) do the pony & watusi with you, baby. Soul, R&B, boogie, bounce, int'l & more.
Elks Lodge / 220 Sunset, A2 / $5 / 10:30PM

NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl - The Smiths, Laurel Halo, Games, Diplo + Tiesto(!?!) & more

CECIL BARFIELD South Georgia Blues LP
*** "Recorded in 1978, this LP was originally released under the name "WILLIAM ROBERTSON” due to fears of the taxman. Cecil was an unusual blues musician, giving each song it's own feel and rhythm." On MISSISSIPPI.

BEACH BOYS Pet Sounds LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

LO BORGES Lo Borges LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! RECOMMENDED

BORIS Absolutego 2xLP
BORIS Amplifier Worship 2xLP

*** BACK IN STOCK!

VASHTI BUNYAN Just Another Diamond LP
VASHTI BUNYAN Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind 2xLP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

CHROMATICS Night Drive (Deluxe Edition) 2xLP+MP3
*** "The ever-popular narcotic Eurodisco Night Drive release, now expanded to fifteen tracks. Chromatics propels full speed ahead into an uncertain future. Includes a lyric sheet insert."

CRYSTAL STILTS Shake The Shackles 7"
*** "Driven by echoed guitar strum and droning keys, their dexterous update of '60s garage-pop places them alongside late-'80s Paisley Underground heroes like Green on Red and later Dream Syndicate--but the song itself is totally timeless and impossible to place anywhere but firmly in Crystal Stilts' own unique style."

DEATH For The Whole World To See LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

DIPLO & TIESTO C'mon 12"
*** "Pressed in a limited run, the track that has rocked stadiums all year long is finally getting released on vinyl! DIPLO teams up with the most unlikely of collaborators, trance god TIESTO, a boundary crossing banger."

DJ ROC Crack Capone 2xLP
*** "DJ Roc produces variant strains of Juke music: potentially ankle-cracking manipulation of rhythms, and the sampling, hijacking and ultra-rhythmic micro-editing of the dominant forms of contemporary African-American underground and popular music into a style born and raised on the streets of Chicago."

DUCKTAILS Ducktails III: Arcade Dynamics LP / CD
*** "Ducktails is the one-man psychedelic pop project of Matthew Mondanile, guitarist for New Jersey’s Real Estate. Categorized by David Keenan as part of the “hypnagogic pop” movement, Ducktails realizes a shared cultural memory and nostalgia through various genres."

GAMES That We Can Play 12"
*** "The first EP from production duo DANIEL LOPATIN (ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER) and JOE FORD (AIRBIRD, SEX REAHB), blending sampler/synth ecologies from across the globe; Peru meets the futuristic visions of Valis undercut with Premier style chops all pulsating within a well-defined dynamic space reminiscent of Daft Punk."

LAUREL HALO King Felix 12"
*** RECOMMENDED "LH effortlessly blends the classical and modern worlds in a presentation of tonality via a production method infused with extraordinary leads, pads and sequences -- a steadily flowing ocean of sine waves & some heavy vocal harmonies make a salient impact on our brains." Feat. ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER.

JEFF MANGUM Live At Jittery Joe's LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! Yeah, this is the weird guy from NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL.

PARTING GIFTS Strychnine Dandelions LP
*** RECOMMENDED Greg Cartwright of The Oblivians, Compulsive Gamblers, Reigning Sound and Coco Hames (the Ettes, Coco Motion) penned an impressive fourteen original songs. So good!

THE SMITHS The Queen Is Dead LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS Sounds LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

THE ZOMBIES Odyssey & Oracle LP
*** BACK IN STOCK!

NEW ARRIVALS: CDs - Dirty Projectors, Disappears, Decemberists, Oh Sees & mo'!

AETHENOR En Form For Bla 2xLP / CD
*** "Deep and weird, with liquid sounds juddering around the occasionally identifiable percussion or Rhodes motif w/ musique-concrete-style transitions and "what's that sound" ethos. Low menace! Atmospheric, not sedate!"

THE BEETS Stay Home CD
*** THE BEETS’ sophomore effort Stay Home is a collection of songs about, you guessed it, staying home. "The Beets remind me an older, grittier, less guarded NYC."

THE DECEMBERISTS The King Is Dead CD
*** "The album--a set of 10 concise, country-based songs--marks a deliberate turn towards simplicity after the band's wildly ambitious and widely acclaimed 2009 song-cycle The Hazards of Love. Feat. Gillian Welch & R.E.M.'s Peter Buck."

DIRTY PROJECTORS Bitte Orca: Deluxe Edition 2xCD
*** "Dirty Projectors' 'Bitte Orca' deluxe version comes with premium packaging and a bonus disc full of never before released material, hard to find b-sides and a brand new Bob Dylan cover."

DISAPPEARS Guider CD
*** RECOMMENDED "Drawing on a combined reverence for reverb, heavy tremolo, distortion, delay and repetition, Disappears play minimal rock music inspired by Krautrock, punk rock, the mid '80s New Zealand scene. Drop the needle, turn up the volume and surrender."

HOW TO DRESS WELL Love Remains CD
*** "A true pioneer of genre-bending, How to Dress Well has been garnering endless crossover support from both the indie rock and hip-hop worlds. His style has been dubbed 'lo-fi R&B'."

GIORGIO MORODER From Here To Eternity CD
*** BACK IN STOCK!

THEE OH SEES Sucks Blood CD
*** "Produced by KELLEY STOLTZ using all green energy (no joke), the album serves as a half-way point between the band’s Cool Death of the Island Raiders album and their most recent material."

THEE OH SEES Dog Poison CD
*** "Ten fantastic new songs, more layered and textural than previous Oh Sees releases while keeping all the typical JOHN DWYER punch, oomph and weirdness."

TIMELESS: SUITE FOR MA DUKES CD
*** "Miguel Atwood-Ferguson pays tribute to J DILLA (aka JAY DEE) by interpreting his music for a 60-piece orchestra featuring special guests Bilal, Dwele, Posdnuos, Talib Kweli, Karriem Riggins and more. This premiere performance left many in the sold out crowd in tears."

Thursday, January 13, 2011

EVENTS - No Deposit, No Return Blues; The Whip!; Enter The Void; Jury Duty

SANDY BULL: NO DEPOSIT, NO RETURN BLUES - Friday, January 21 @ Burton Theatre
*** HOTT LAVA and Dark Matter proudly present KC Bull's documentary about psychedelic folk musician SANDY BULL. Dazed & Confused sez: “Bull’s legendary performances, blending elements of American folk with jazz, classical, Indian and Arabic-influenced modes, and later rock n’ roll, made him a cult hero to a generation of musicians and artists.” All attendees will receive a free DARK MATTER mix -- a 50 minute psychedelic tapestry weaved by "disc jocks" Aaron Lindell & Forest Juziuk. Perfect for the opium den or dune buggy!
Burton Theatre / 3420 Cass, Detroit, MI / 8PM / $5 / FBOOK: http://on.fb.me/fWYwpF

THE WHIP! - Friday, January 21 @ Painted Lady
*** PSYCH ROCK & SOUL! R&B STOMPERS & INSTRUMENTAL KLANG! BLUES BUMPS & GIRL GROUP BOUNCE! A brand new dance party from DJs Forest Juziuk (HOTT LAVA) & Richie Wohlfeil (CONTACT). Bruise the balls of your feets dancing, stomping & screaming at the Detroit-meets-Ann Arbor-meets-Detroit party THE WHIP!!
Painted Lady / 2930 Jacob St, Hamtramck, MI / 10PM / $5

ENTER THE VOID - Saturday, January 22 @ State Theatre
*** HOTT LAVA proudly presents Gaspar Noé's ENTER THE VOID one time only!
Critics throughout the inter-webs can't seem to help themselves from using the words "psychedelic," "visceral," and "thrill ride" when describing VOID. Check out the trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRNpSKsBKw8
State Theatre / 233 S. State, Ann Arbor, MI / midnight / $6 / FBOOK: http://on.fb.me/hbPOJA

JURY DUTY - Friday, January 28 @ Elks Lodge
*** Disc jocks FOREST J. (HOTT LAVA), GEOFF P. (Mystery Party), ROBERT W. (Ann Arbor Soul Club) and AARON LINDELL (Dark Matter) do the pony & watusi with you, baby. Soul, R&B, boogie, bounce, int'l & more.
Elks Lodge / 220 Sunset, A2 / $5 / 10:30PM

NEW ARRIVALS: DVD - Trash Humpers!!!

TRASH HUMPERS by Harmony Korine DVD+BOOK
*** RECOMMENDED While the title is by no means a misnomer, Trash Humpers is one of the most unpredictable & frightening films of all time! Is it the future of horror films? Certainly, the trailer must be seen to be believed:

NEW ARRIVALS: Vinyl - John Fahey, Group Doueh, Secret Twins, Tom Waits, The White Stripes

v/a LAGOS DISCO INFERNO 2xLP
*** On many a year end list, this 12-track collection is comprised of "smoking hot groove action from Lagos, Nigeria circa 1976-’82." If the cover doesn't kill you, the tunes inside will.

BLACK FLAG Loose Nut LP
*** Guaranteed: Black Flag's underrated 1985 LP has the creepiest Amazon reviews ever but these "losers in love" have good taste: Loose Nut slays.

JOHN FAHEY Vol. 1 - Blind Joe Death LP
*** BACK IN PRINT! 1964 folk / blues release by the legendary acoustic guitarist. This is the second edition of this record featuring some re-recorded material.

GROUP DOUEH Beatte Harab LP
*** BACK IN STOCK! RECOMMENDED Didn't think we'd get more copies of this gem as it's already out of print and barely a couple months old. Western Sahara guitar heroics and spiritual poetry? This stuff is ineffable. On SUBLIME FREQUENCIES.

SECRET TWINS Ill Fit LP+CD
*** "The debut offering from Ann Arbor, Michigan's Secret Twins. 10 tracks of flying V roar, heavenly vocals, and wild drumming. Secret Twins are rebaptizing rock with their one-of-a-kind, DIY folk-punk sound."

TOM WAITS The Heart Of Saturday Night LP
TOM WAITS Small Change LP
TOM WAITS Closing Time LP

*** BACK IN PRINT! Among the most-requested LPs at the shop, these gems are finally back in print.

THE WHITE STRIPES The White Stripes LP
THE WHITE STRIPES De Stijl LP
THE WHITE STRIPES White Blood Cells LP

*** BACK IN PRINT! After long wait, the first few Stripes LPs are once again in print.

NEW ARRIVALS: CDs - Don Cherry, Shackleton, Cloud Cuckooland, The Stooges

v/a CLOUD CUCKOOLAND CD
*** RECOMMENDED We sell a copy of Cloud Cuckooland every time we play it in the shop -- no hyperbole! This is a wild & varied yet cohesive compilation of primo pre-1974 krautrock released by the brains of B-Music/Finders Keepers. Take a chance if you're the adventuresome type.

DON CHERRY Brown Rice CD
*** RECOMMENDED One of Don Cherry's best works by any stretch, Brown Rice is a blazing & trippy set of psychedelic jazz. Four long tracks that'll peel a layer off your brain under the right circumstances, this album is strangely hard to come by. Sleep not!

FRONTIER RUCKUS Deadmalls & Nightfalls CD
*** Perhaps you've heard of these Michigan sons! People just love 'em & why wouldn't they??

PHAROAH SANDERS Karma CD
*** Considered by most to be Sanders finest work, "The Creator Has a Master Plan" is worth the price of admission alone -- a half-hour octet recording that ranges from peaceful & glorious to earth shaking & chaotic. By far, one of the finest "spiritual jazz" recordings.

SHACKLETON Fabric 55 CD
*** "Finally, the enigmatic master of outernational dystopia and psychedelic rhythms turns in an outstanding Fabric mix of exclusive, unreleased material & stone-cold classics from his Skull Disco and Perlon releases."

THE STOOGES A Thousand Lights: Live In 1970 CD
*** "These are probably the only known live recordings of the Stooges from the 1970s. Deluxe long box packaging with stunning unseen photos of the band shot by Fan Club girl Natalie Stooge-ling."